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🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 3 moreLip plate
A large disc inserted into a stretched lip piercing as body modification.Adornment
🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 moreAfrican scarification
Traditional skin marking practices across Africa for identity and status.Marking
WorldLip piercing
A body modification that penetrates the lip tissue or surrounding area using jewellery.Adornment
WorldScarification
Permanent skin markings created by cutting or burning for cultural identity.Marking
WorldLip frenulum piercing
A piercing through the thin tissue connecting the lip to the gum line.Adornment
WorldBridge piercing
A surface piercing placed on the nasal bridge between the eyes.Adornment · Most faces · 1980
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lip plate: Monkeyji, CC BY 2.0, source
- African scarification: Kathy Gerber (kathleen.gerber), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lip piercing: Daisy Romwall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Scarification: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lip frenulum piercing: YantsImages, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bridge piercing: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source